Naturi Naughton ("Power") -- who actually won the award last year for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama -- was very candid with us Thursday at LAX, saying given everything that's happened with him ... he should probably bow out of the NAACP Image award show this time around. Jussie won for Supporting Actor in a Drama in 2017.
Check out her take though -- it's clear she doesn't believe him!
Bondito wrote:
Time and a half wrote:
"The city requires immediate payment of $130,106.15 expended on overtime hours"
This is very interesting...even though the charges were dropped, the city did incur some damages as a result of Jussie's actions. Could they sue him in civil court, I wonder? That happened to OJ, did it not?
They aren't collecting shit. This is political theater.
The city could not meet its burden in proving that the statements were false.
Yes, Jussie is indeed very believable. His Lawyer Tina Glandian explains how easy it was to mistake the Osundairo brothers as white M A G A assailants. She found a picture of Abel Osundairo using "whiteface" and anyone who takes a look can see how uncannily like a white supremacist this renders him.
If the brothers made themselves up to look like this, then they could fool anyone. Not sure, how the ski masks fit in though...
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Foxx has strong ties to the state’s top prosecutor charged with investigating elected officials accused of violating state law, rookie Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. Foxx, the political protégé of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, served on Raoul’s transition team after the 2018 election. Raoul spokeswoman Vanessa James declined to comment Tuesday
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-top-legal-officer-turns-his-back-on-jesse-smollett-issues/
Bill McCaffrey, the city’s Law Department spokesman, said the city has “a lengthy and successful track record” of suing to recover funds under a statute that makes people liable for costs incurred by the city to provide services related to their violation of the law.
“It is a small way of both acknowledging, one, guilt, two, that we spent these resources, and the taxpayers deserve, at minimum … that actually we’re going to get the resources back,” Emanuel said in the radio interview.
“... listen, this is green privilege. If you have enough green money, you can buy yourself out of a crime. If you have enough green money, you can buy yourself out of a crime,”
“Let me be clear about something. The only reason Jussie Smollett thought he could take advantage of a hoax about a hate crime is because of the environment, the toxic environment that Donald Trump created,” - Rahm Emanuel
OK, it's a strange morality, but at best, it's that, and the fact that Chicago is so corrupt that he knew "he could take advantage" of his Obama connections, come what may.
All 45's Fault, says Rahm wrote:
“Let me be clear about something. The only reason Jussie Smollett thought he could take advantage of a hoax about a hate crime is because of the environment, the toxic environment that Donald Trump created,” - Rahm Emanuel
OK, it's a strange morality, but at best, it's that, and the fact that Chicago is so corrupt that he knew "he could take advantage" of his Obama connections, come what may.
Not to mention that there were plenty of hate crime hoaxes during the Obama years. There's the toxic environment for ya. It's the victimology culture that incentivizes this.
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson released a statement Friday calling the decision to dismiss charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett “the correct call, consistent with justice and mercy.” The statement also praised “progressive prosecutor” Kim Foxx for recusing herself from the case.
The outrage over the Jussie Smollett case is misplaced and out of proportion. It is being used from City Hall to the White House to deflect and distract from City Hall to the White House. It is fake news. The voices that are crying out the loudest seem to have only recently found their sense of righteous indignation.
Jackson then launched into a multi-paragraph criticism of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Police Department’s handling of the “police murder” of Laquan McDonald,” the “539 homicides in Chicago, more than 80 percent of the killings unsolved,” police misconduct lawsuits, and the city’s high unemployment rate.
Again, crickets from on high.
It is time to move on to the important issues facing our beloved city – the monumental mayor’s election on Tuesday, April 2, the persistent violence, intractable poverty, unequal urban development among them. We cannot, and we will not, allow ourselves to lose focus of the big picture: a just, fair and safe Chicago and Cook County for everyone.
https://rainbowpush.org/blog/politically-motivated-attacks-states-attorney-foxx-must-stopCorruption is Illinois middle name wrote:
John Yoo (former Deputy Assistant AG): This is why we have a US Justice Department. ... they actually exist to make sure there is no corruption going on in state government. If you look at the details of this case where Mrs. Obama’s chief of staff calls the prosecutor Kim Foxx and all of the sudden these machinations occur and then the case gets dropped. That is exactly what the Justice Department is supposed to be involved in, to make sure there is no corruption in state government. ...
Laura Ingraham: What’s the potential criminal exposure here, both for Foxx and the state’s attorney office itself?
John Yoo: So Foxx could be potentially liable of what is called mail wire fraud of depriving citizens of their honest services, which if she is convicted, this is the standard law that is used to go after corrupt state officials… the maximum sentence is 20 years in prison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZIHFt_WmA
His statement ommited that the woman was FORMERLY Obama's chief of staff. She is also friends with the Smollett family so there's no reason to think Obama was involved. As I said before, just because she's black doesn't mean Obama would be sympathetic to Smollett.
I'm sure they'd relish that opportunity wrote:
This is very interesting...even though the charges were dropped, the city did incur some damages as a result of Jussie's actions. Could they sue him in civil court, I wonder? That happened to OJ, did it not?
Yep, though they'd have to prove that the statements Smollett made were false.
It would be easy to prove. The jury will get to choose who they believe; Smollett or the brothers.
Even though Smollett said his attackers were white, it can proven that the brothers were the "attackers". There are videos of them leaving the subway and purchasing the rope and bleach.
Smollett s story will be that the brothers, were waiting outside for him in polar weather, pretended to be M.A.G.A racists/bigots, beat him up, poured bleach on him and put a noose around his neck. Smollett claimed he's a tough guy and was able to fight off his attackers, that we now know are body builders.
The brother's story will be Smollett concocted the whole thing.
If you were on the jury, who would you believe?
Now we see the 'motive' for the Nigerian bros to attack #Jussie. Make a racist M-A-G-A homophobic attack against a black gay actor, and BOOM! your business shoots up.
the brothers' (Abel & Ola) training regiment is a hot commodity in the wake of the Jussie scandal, which ended with the actor getting off scot-free this week. We're told hundreds of people have been hitting them up for training and diet plans.
Business must actually be doing pretty well considering they're now advertising a new "Team Abel" fitness package on their social media pages. The basic purchase will run ya $30 for a workout plan -- does NOT include personal training. The premium plan will cost folks just $20 more ... and it gets you a lot, including a diet program, strength training, power training, shred training and a 4-week meal plan.
https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/30/osundairo-brothers-fitness-training-business-jussie-smollett/That's all well and good but there was no violation of the law here. The charges were dropped. The state could not meet its burden. That statute does not apply.
Yep, he's paying wrote:
Bill McCaffrey, the city’s Law Department spokesman, said the city has “a lengthy and successful track record” of suing to recover funds under a statute that makes people liable for costs incurred by the city to provide services related to their violation of the law.
“It is a small way of both acknowledging, one, guilt, two, that we spent these resources, and the taxpayers deserve, at minimum … that actually we’re going to get the resources back,” Emanuel said in the radio interview.
Complete and total BS wrote:
That's all well and good but there was no violation of the law here. The charges were dropped. The state could not meet its burden. That statute does not apply.
Yep, he's paying wrote:
Bill McCaffrey, the city’s Law Department spokesman, said the city has “a lengthy and successful track record” of suing to recover funds under a statute that makes people liable for costs incurred by the city to provide services related to their violation of the law.
“It is a small way of both acknowledging, one, guilt, two, that we spent these resources, and the taxpayers deserve, at minimum … that actually we’re going to get the resources back,” Emanuel said in the radio interview.
State != City
Criminal Charges dropped by (corrupt) State attorney.
Civil Charges pursued by city attorney (likely also corrupt, but not relevant here).
Violation of Law will be Proven (on a civil standard) in Court if Smollett refuses to pay up.
Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx wrote an op-ed piece in the Chicago Tribune, in which she says the case against Smollett was not a slam dunk. Foxx is clearly pointing the finger at Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who came out strongly in a news conference after Smollett was charged, saying the evidence was clear -- Smollett paid the Osundairo brothers to stage an "attack."
Foxx says, "For a variety of reasons, including public statements made about the evidence in this case, my office believed the likelihood of securing a conviction was not certain." She doesn't explain how those public statements would affect the case.
Foxx goes on to diminish the alleged crimes, saying Smollett was charged with a low-level felony, "The least serious category, which also covers things like falsely pulling a fire alarm in school and 'draft card mutilation.'" So, Foxx is comparing filing a false police report and falsely alleging a hate crime is like pulling a fire alarm.
She says, "These felonies are routinely resolved, particularly in cases involving suspects with no prior criminal record, long before a case ever nears a courtroom and often without either jail time or monetary penalties." What she's not telling you ... the way these cases are typically resolved is with a plea bargain ... and not outright dismissal. Remember, Jussie did no formal community service.
She then goes after Mayor Emanuel and Superintendent Johnson, saying, "Any law-enforcement leader or elected official not grandstanding or clouded by political expediency understands the purpose of sentencing guidelines." NOTE: Smollett was not sentenced. He was let go.
And, there's this ... she says, "Yes, falsely reporting a hate crime makes me angry ... [but] we must separate the people at whom we are angry from the people of whom we are afraid." In other words, no fear, no case?
https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/30/jussie-smollett-prosecutor-kim-foxx-attacks-mayor-police-superintendent/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-20190329-story.htmlMaybe the procrustean pricing scheme means that wealthy actors pay $3500 instead?
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Jussie Smollett Skips NAACP Image Awards Dinner, Loses in Nominated Category
He lost in the untelevised portion (Friday nite), the cameras won't be on until Sat night.
We'll see if he speaks out against the racist homophobic hate from MA-GA and Trump 45 then.
Welcomes an outside perspective wrote:
Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx wrote an op-ed piece in the Chicago Tribune, in which she says the case against Smollett was not a slam dunk.
In a statement, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson reiterated that lead prosecutors on the Smollett case were present during interrogations in the case and “stood firmly behind this investigation and the evidence -- approved the charges not only at the point of felony approval but again when they made their independent decision to take the evidence to an independent criminal grand jury to secure an additional 16 felony counts.”
“As the State's Attorney said clearly, Mr. Smollett was not exonerated,” Johnson concluded. “I stand behind the professionalism of the detectives who worked on this case as well as the conclusions of the independent grand jury.”
